Truly Radical

How to Stay “Orthodox” Without Getting Angry

by Kevin Offner

Liberals and conservatives agree about one thing these days: something is
seriously wrong with American culture. Hardly a week goes by when some pundit
does not decry our shocking “lack of values,” “sleazy ethics,”
or “inability to feel shame.”

I’m not even 40 years old, yet I often find myself repeating the “I-can-remember-when”
refrain: I can remember when my neighborhood was safe and I felt comfortable
walking at night. I can remember when public schools disciplined students, and
when parents generally trusted that their kids would be taught a modicum of
truth and morality there. I can remember when the majority of people thought
that divorce . . .

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